A dictionary teaches a child how to approach a problem and use critical thinking skills by sounding out the word and finding it in the dictionary. This simple task gives them a feeling of self-confidence and satisfaction that they cannot get online.

Vickie Wilkerson-Whitehurst, Clovis Evening Lions Club, Portales, NM

The Clovis Evening Lions Club has donated a dictionary to every third grader in the Clovis School District each year for the past six years. We conduct fundraising activities throughout the year to provide the funding for this project because we feel that education is such an important factor in the lives of these children.